Sanitary toilet seat cover



SANITARY TOILET SEAT COVER Fi-led Sept. 29, 1959 I 14 V 3%5 3 18 3 E 19- I 14 11+ -ii I I g 3 4 5 Mai-61, INVENTOR.

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Patented Dec. 23, 1941 came STATES QF'F'IJC'E 266,990 .SANiTAitY eoamistiweevae f Pamela. Rea, Caluintf City, rippiica'tion September 29, ma; sii'ai 166. 297,077

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. 9 Claims.

invention relates to improvements in sanitary. toilet seat covers and its features are more especially pointed out in the annexed claims. v

l'l he. pu pose of my invention is to secure great hbhomies or production that are not specifically concerned with any one or many forms or shapes of putting that are conventionally used in this artjl that it is basically related to the prefolding of papers for toilet seat covers and cutting the mutasgeas into whatevertype or shapes ,or east tare desired after the sheets have been foldedwhether done singly or grouped in small or iriuargeaquamins'g that may stack onefolded sheet ad acent another in a pack for subsequent use; and that makes my prefolded sheets available for. any specificfform of' containerorf camnetinjwhi'ch the papers are stored adjacent a toiletfseati With these and other ends in View. I illustrate in theaccompanying drawing such an instance of adaptation, as'will disclose the Broad features" of the ir'iventioffi without limiting" my-v self to the specific details shown thereon and descrfloed herein. v I

,.Fig. .l is a diagrammatic plan view of a'sheet ofpaper inTits unfolded state; showing ind'otted lines .its relation to a toilet, seat, and the rectangular shape of a sheet before cutting;

Fig; 21s a suniiarplan view of the sheet shown in lin itslfolde'd statatlie fold occurring at. one; side of the median line between the extr its-endear, the sheet so that, the end of the folded over portion will terminate in spaced apart relationflto the end of the under portion. 3: is a diagrammatic semi-perspective View. showing a g'roup offcut folded sheets in stacked relation ready for vharfi'ding' and use, v

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic edge view showing a modified finger tip extra fold at one end.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic plan view of a modified folded sheet with a central portion cut out.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic edge View similar to Fig. 4, showing a double finger tip fold, at the forward end of a folded sheet.

Fig. '7 is a diagrammatic plan View showing a folded sheet having a single angular fold at the forward end.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic edge elevation of Fig. '7.

In practicing my invention, I may use whatever alternatives or equivalents of procedure, use, structure or design, that the exigencies of varying conditions may demand without departing from the broad spirit of the invention.

As shown in Fig. 1 an approximately rectangular ,sheet of paperyl has an. end 4 and an oppositeend .5. A mediandot'ted line 2 indicatesthe center between thestwo ends, and a dotted line 3 indicates the place onxwhich the sheets are; folded. Thegend 4 has diagonal corners it] if desired, and the end V5, has similar diagonal corners 9 cut at the same angle or contour The sides H ,join the diagonal corners 9 and). {Ifhe relation of; the .i ilet-seat to an opened sheet is shown by-dotted lines It. j V The sheet shown in Fig- 1 when folded is sh wn in Fi .2 h eiai e f d sei rme a 3- A .qee dr u o n s w cu l ar i d x n atb thend o anepproxt mate elliptical or anyother shape. uncut eri en. hQ S; p i 8.111 pa l th sheet is placed on a toilet seat when the narrow uncut portions .5 break. away.

I v e folded sheets similar'to those shown in F gare stacked; on top of eachother asthey come from:vv the cutting dies with the sides and ends trimmed'fwith a different} contour] for the central dropout-portion." This cut! is dis continued: at: 6' to -al's'o hold the central portion 8 placeprior to the time an opened sheet is to :b'efu's'ed'. I The portions, 9 'a'ndQJO are the same so .far asthe angular relation. is concerned so that when the sheetis .fol'ded as in Fig. 2, one opera.- tion of the cutting. dies: will shape the [sides and ends' as well as" the dropout portionat the same" time thus reducing the cost ofproduction and also, securing a unifo'r'mproduct because they may be assembled in groups and the entire groupiscut at the same time.

A sheet may befolded. similar to Fig. 2 but with a separate, fingentip portion, l2 that is produced as shown in Fig. 5. In this figure the center portion 8 shown in Fig. 2 is cut out; and an opening I3 is formed. Finger tips may be folded in duplicate at [2 and M (Fig. 6), that is, the forward and the rear end are duplicates of each other. A further modification is shown in Fig. '7 in which the extra finger tip [4 is to be folded at 5 onto the front end as shown on Fig. 6. The portion I2 is in dotted lines on Fig. '7.

The finger tips i2 and. I4 (Fig. 6) enable the user to free a folded sheet from its pack, likewise, the short end 4 being spaced apart from the end 5 (Fig. 2) will permit the insertion of a finger between the two layers of a folded sheet and serve the same purpose.

It is immaterial whether I make the sheets 7 with one form or another of the finger tip portion or one form or another of the edges and end, or one form or another of the central section.

In any of these forms the cutting is the same throughout an entire group of folded sheets. This eliminates the necessity of leaving separate dies for different portions of the same sheet as is now required and in addition compel the folding of each cut sheet by hand.

A single sheet is removed from its pack by grasping the portions 4 and 5 or the finger tip portions I 2 and I4, and pulling it away from the cabinet and placing it on the toilet seat. After use it is flushed away thus serving a much needed sanitary and hygienic purpose.

It will appear obvious that my invention includes the basic idea of prefolding paper for use as sanitary toilet seat covers. This brings about an economy of production and a speed of output that has not been attained hitherto due to the slowness of hand folding, after the sheets have been cut by the forming dies. It is quite immaterial what shape is given to'the sheets nor, as stated above, what contours the incisions that are made'in the sheet may follow according to the teaching of many issued patents.

When the central portion of a sheet, in common practice, is partially cut so as to leave certain portions still attached to the main sheet, the after folding is a very tedious and slow opera tion, as it'must be done by hand without taking any advantages of machine folding. With my system these difiiculties are avoided by prefolding the-sheets, stacking them together in a group as desired and trimming the edges of the entire group of sheets and the ends, and the center cut in any desired form simultaneously.

The sheets'may be separately cutto the desired lengths transverse of a roll of paper and then folded transversely of their length or they may first be folded lengthwise of a web of paper as it is unwound from a roll and then cut to the required widths as separately folded sheets to be stacked forthe final shaping.

I do not confine. myself to the diagonal shape of the outside edges 9 and [0 shown in Figs. 1 and 2,'nor to the curved shape I5 shown inFig. 7. The sheet may be square as shown in dotted lines 20 on Fig; 1. The important feature of my simplified structure is that the shape, whatever form it may take, is substantially duplicated on the upper and under portions of a folded sheet.

In the structure shown in Fig. 7 the two straight cuts 2| do not terminate near each other as the curved cuts 1 of Figs. 2 and 3 do. This leaves a wider space of uncut material at H. In this case the drop out portion I9 is severed simultaneously at H! to form two separate'duplicate parts instead of a single-portion 8 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The extra triangular finger-tip folds l2 and l 4 may be cut at the same time the other cutting is done as in Fig. 5 or they may be cut and folded separately if this alternative expedient is desired. Ordinarily the end 4 of the top layer of a folded sheet is spaced apart from the end 5 of the under layer, Figs. 2' and 3, to be accessible for pulling a sheet from its pack. This means that even though these ends do not terminate at the same point the cutting of both layers is in duplicate, an attainment secured through the prefolding of the paper. This, as stated above, secures unusual economies of production and also avoids large wastages when folding is done after the cutting has been performed.

What I claim is:

1. In toilet seat covers, a prefolded sheet of paper, cuts formed in duplicate contour on each side of the fold, and duplicate border edges also on each side of the fold one of the folded ends being shorter than the other.

2. The process of forming toilet seat covers which consists in prefolding a sheet of paper, in forming discontinuous incisions across the fold, and in trimming the edges and ends of the folded sheet simultaneously through both layers of the paper.

3. A prefolded toilet seat cover comprising a short section and a longer section, and a central portion cut from both sections in duplicate.

4. A prefolded toilet seat cover comprising an extra forward fold on one section adapted to form a pull-out portion, and a partially'severed drop-out portion formed in duplicate across the fold.

5. A prefolded toilet seat cover comprising a sheet of paper folded approximately midway of its length, and discontinuous incisions made in duplicate across the folded edge to form a dropout portion.

6. In toilet seat covers, a pre-folded sheet having duplicate and simultaneously formed edges, and duplicate simultaneously formed discontinuous incisions of desired shape across the folded edge.

7. The process of forming toilet seat covers which consists in prefolding a sheet of paper, in forming incisions across the fold, and in trimming the edges of the folded sheet simultaneously through both layers of the paper.

8. A prefolded toilet seat cover comprising an extra forward fold on one section adapted to form a pull-out portion, and a central portion cutfrom both sections in duplicate.

.9. In toilet seat covers, a prefolded sheet having duplicate and simultaneolsly formed edges,

and duplicate simultaneously formed incisions of desired shape across the folded edge.

PAMELA F. REA. 

